The AccountSettingstab provides an executive summary about the synced
folders in the account and gives the ability to modify them.

Where:

Connectedto<ownCloudinstance>as<user>: Indicates the ownCloud server
which the client is syncing with and the user account on that server.

AddFolderSyncConnection...: Provides the ability to add another folder to the sync
(see Addingafoldersyncconnection).

Pause/Resume: Will pause the current sync or prevent the client from
starting a new sync. Resume will resume the sync process.

Remove: Will remove the selected folder from being synced. This is used,
for instance, when there is a desire to sync only a few folders and not the
root. First, remove the root from sync, then add the folders to sync as
desired.

StorageUsage: Provides further details on the storage utilization on the
ownCloud server.

EditIgnoredFiles: Provides a list of files which will be ignored, i.e.
will not sync between the client and server. The ignored files editor allows
adding patterns for files or directories that should be excluded from the
sync process. Besides normal characters, wild cards may be used, an asterisk
‘*’ indicating multiple characters, or a question mark ‘?’ indicating a single
character.

ModifyAccount: Allows the user to change the ownCloud server being synced
to. It brings up the Setting up an Account (see above) windows.

Adding a new sync is initiated by clicking AddFolderSyncConnection in
the Account settings.

..note:: To add a folder, you must not already sync a folder that contains this

folder. By default, the wizard sets up the root folder of the ownCloud
server to sync all of your ownCloud account. In consequence, you will
first need to remove this folder prior to specifying new syncs.

The Directory and alias name must be unique.

Select the folder on the server to sync with. It is important to note that, a
server folder can only sync to the client one time. So, in the above example,
the sync is to the server root directory and thus it is not possible to select
another folder under the root to sync.

The Activity window, which can be invoked either from the main menu (RecentChanges->Details…) or the Activity tab on the left side of the settings
window, provides an in-depth account of the recent sync activity. It will show
files that have not been synced because they are on the ignored files list, or
because they cannot be synced in a cross-platform manner due to containing
special characters that cannot be stored on certain file systems.

NoProxy: Check this if ownCloud Client should circumvent the default
proxy conimaged on the system.

Usesystemproxy: Default, will follow the systems proxy settings.
On Linux, this will only pick up the value of the variable http_proxy.

Specifyproxymanuallyas: Allows to specify custom proxy settings.
If you require to go through a HTTP(S) proxy server such as Squid or Microsoft
Forefront TMG, pick HTTP(S). SOCKSv5 on the other hand is particulary
useful in special company LAN setups, or in combination with the OpenSSH
dynamic application level forwarding feature (see ssh-D).

Host: Enter the host name or IP address of your proxy server, followed
by the port number. HTTP proxies usually listen on Ports 8080 (default) or
3128. SOCKS server usually listen on port 1080.

ProxyServerrequiresauthentication: Should be checked if the proxy
server does not allow anonymous usage. If checked, a username and password
must be provided.

The Download Bandwidth can be either unlimited (default) or limited to a
custom value. This is the bandwidth available for data flowing from the
ownCloud Server to the client.

The Upload Bandwidth, the bandwidth available or data flowing from the
ownCloud client to the server, has an additional option to limit automatically.

When this option is checked, the ownCloud client will surrender available
bandwidth to other applications. Use this option if there are issues with
real time communication in conjunction with the ownCloud Client.

ownCloud Client has the ability to exclude files from the sync process.
The ignored files editor allows editing of custom patterns for files or
directories that should be excluded from the sync process.

There is a system wide list of default ignore patterns. These global defaults
cannot be directly modified within the editor. Hovering with the mouse will
reveal the location of the global exclude definition file.

Each line contains an ignore pattern string. Next to normal characters,
wildcards can be used to match an arbitrary number of characters, designated
by an asterisk (*) or a single character, designated by a question mark
(?). If a pattern ends with a slash character (/) the pattern is only
applied to directory components of the path to check.

If the checkbox is checked for a pattern in the editor it means that files
which are matched by this pattern are fleeting metadata which the client will
remove.

Custom entries are currently not validated for syntactical
correctness by the editor, but might fail to load correctly.

In addition to this list, ownCloud Client always excludes files with
characters that cannot be synced to other file systems.

With version 1.5.0 it also ignores files that caused individual errors
while syncing for a three times. These are listed in the activity view.
There also is a button to retry the sync for another three times.